Urban
& Regional Development Planning is a systematic and creative
approach
utilized
to address and resolve social, physical
and economic issues of cities, countries
and larger geographical sub regions. Businesses
use corporate planning to
make profits or to revitalize their organizations when profits
decline. Likewise,
governments
use planning to help make communities function as livable
environments and to correct problems of growth, and change.
This unit helps
decision-makers to engage effectively in rational definition and
effective coordination of sectorial development programs and
projects in order to reach specific goals.
Provision of technical assistance in
the elaboration and the
revision of master plans and sectorial development
plans
Provision
of technical assistance in the feasibility and impact study (social,
economic and environmental)
Provision of technical assistance in
the administrative decentralization
process
(Decentralization is a process whereby government
institutions transfer decision-making powers and resources closer
both to the target populations of public policy and to all
stakeholders in civil society, in the context of the redefinition of
the role of the State. Evidently, decentralization is a general
process covering all spheres of government action, and its
particular conditions for success need to be specified for each
branch of the economy.)
Provision
of technical assistance in the elaboration of national plans for
disaster management (Disaster
preparedness involves taking precautionary measures prior to an
imminent threat. Disaster preparedness planning improves the
response to the effects of a disaster by organizing timely service
delivery to minimize potential loss of life and physical damage. It
also involves the education and training of officials and the
population at risk, the training of intervention teams, and the
establishment of policies and procedures, organizational
arrangements and operational plans to be applied following a
disaster. Effective plans also consider securing resources. for the
implementation)
